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  • LeeG
    Senior Member
    • May 2002
    • 72781

    Waco rally

    How does the Republican Party manage this?



    Ted Nugent performed at Donald Trump’s Saturday rally in Waco, Texas where the rocker dubbed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “homosexual weirdo.”

    In a rant on taxes, Nugent screamed about multiple things the federal government is paying for that he’s not in approval of, including supporting Ukraine while the country continues to fight off an invasion by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    “I want my money back! I didn’t authorize any money to Ukraine to some homosexual weirdo!” Nugent yelled. “I want my money back!”
  • ron ll
    Seattle WA USA (Ballard)
    • Oct 2005
    • 24274

    #2
    Re: Waco rally

    Wacko rally.

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    • Bobby of Tulsa
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2000
      • 40538

      #3
      Re: Waco rally

      Wackos in Waco, sez it all.
      Last edited by Bobby of Tulsa; 03-26-2023, 12:22 PM.
      "para todo mal, mezcal, y para todo bien también" (for everything bad, mezcal, and for everything good, as well.)

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      • birlinn
        Isle of Mull, Scotland
        • Jul 2011
        • 10883

        #4
        Re: Waco rally

        As Donald Trump stares down a potential arrest, it is business as usual at his campaign rally.

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        • Rich Jones
          What boat to build next?
          • Apr 2009
          • 19643

          #5
          Re: Waco rally

          The gutless Republican Party will stand idly by and do nothing.
          They either agree with him or are too scared of him.

          Trump's Waco rally was a huge bullhorn calling every far-right wacko to take up the fight against the
          United States.
          I was born on a wooden boat that I built myself.
          Skiing is the next best thing to having wings.

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          • CWSmith
            New Hampshire
            • Nov 2008
            • 43999

            #6
            Re: Waco rally

            Originally posted by Rich Jones
            The gutless Republican Party will stand idly by and do nothing.
            They either agree with him or are too scared of him.

            Trump's Waco rally was a huge bullhorn calling every far-right wacko to take up the fight against the
            United States.
            Oh, they will reject him one election AFTER the Republican voters reject him. They are followers, not leaders, looking to advance themselves.
            "Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world." - Bono

            "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers

            "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx

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            • Keith Wilson
              Trying to be reasonable
              • Oct 1999
              • 64114

              #7
              Re: Waco rally

              Ed Kilgore this morning. Trump is getting more and more deranged every day.

              Donald Trump Thinks America Is a Sh!thole Country
              In Waco, he denounced America more than any alleged super-patriot ever.
              By Ed Kilgore, political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015

              At the end of a week in which Donald J. Trump threatened a wave of “death and destruction” if he was arrested, it was not considered a good sign that he was ending it with a rally in Waco, Texas, near the 30th anniversary of the fiery FBI siege of a religious cult’s compound that made the city infamous. Would he declare war on U.S. law enforcement, comparing his alleged persecution to that of the Branch Davidians in Waco and of various right-wing militia figures elsewhere? Or might he just raise the temperature of the political system enough that violence could break out by spontaneous combustion?

              Not exactly. Most of his address was more like an exercise in the banality of apocalyptism. After the former president took the stage, he stood with his hand over his heart while the PA system blasted “Justice for All” — the new single Trump released featuring him reciting the Pledge of Allegiance backed by a choir of imprisoned January 6 rioters singing the “Star Spangled Banner.” In his speech, he warned that the 2024 presidential election was America’s “final battle.” He raged at the prosecutors (“absolute human scum”) who are threatening him. He expressed his usual contempt for political enemies, ranging from the “Communists and Marxists” of the Democratic Party to the “globalists and RINOs” of his own party. And he continued his drive-by attacks on potential rival Ron DeSantis, highlighting the Florida governor’s disloyalty to him and hostility to farmers and retirees.

              Then at the end, as his closing music swelled, Trump offered the most scorching, systematic denunciation of his country any alleged super-patriot has ever delivered. It made the famously dark “American Carnage” inaugural address of 2017 seem like something from Sesame Street. The climax of Trump’s 2024 stump speech is pitch-black doom and gloom:

              "We are a failing nation. We are a nation with the highest inflation rate in 50 years, where banks are collapsing and interest rates are far too high. We are a nation where energy costs have reached their highest level in our history. … We are a nation that is consumed by the radical left’s new deal … [that] everyone knows … will lead to our destruction."

              And America’s horribleness infects others:

              "We are a nation that surrendered in Afghanistan, leaving behind dead soldiers, American citizens, and 85 billion dollars of the finest military equipment anywhere. We are a nation that allowed Russia to devastate a country, Ukraine, killing hundreds of thousands of people, and it will only get worse. … Taiwan will be next."

              Freedom, meanwhile, has all but been extinguished:

              "We are a nation that is hostile to liberty, freedom, and faith. We are a nation whose economy has collapsed … whose stores are not stocked, whose deliveries are not coming, and whose educational system is at the very bottom of every single list. Large packs of sadistic criminals and thieves are able to systemically rob stores and beat up their customers and workers and leave with armloads of goods with no retribution. … Where the authority of our great police has been taken, where their families and patient — and pensions have been threatened, and their lives were being destroyed because of the the mere mention of the words law enforcement. … Fentanyl and illegal drugs are more easy to get than formula for our babies. . . . We are a nation that no longer has a free and fair press. Fake news is all you get, and they are the enemy of the people. We are a nation where free speech is no longer allowed. "

              And oh my God, the airports are like those of, well, ****hole countries:

              "[We are] a nation where once great airports are dirty, they are a crowded mass, you sit and wait for hours and then are notified that the plane won’t leave and they have no idea when it will … where ticket prices have tripled, they do not have the pilot to fly the plane, and they do not have qualified air traffic controllers, and they just do not know what what the hell they are doing."

              Worst of all, the president is not Donald Trump:

              "[W]e have a man who is the worst president in the history of our country. Who is cognitively impaired, in no condition to lead. And is now casually talking about nuclear war with Russia. He has no idea what he is even talking about. We are a nation that lost its confidence, willpower, and strength. We are a nation that has lost its way. We are not going to allow this horror to continue. Two years ago, we were a great nation, and we will soon be a great nation again. We will liberate America from these villains and tyrants who are looking to destroy our country no matter what they throw at us, no matter what they do to us, we will not bend, we will not break, we will not yield. we will never give in, we will never give up, we will never ever back down."

              No wonder this man who surrounds himself with flags began this address with a recording of him leading convicted and imprisoned insurrectionists in the national anthem. Trump can no longer present himself as someone storming into a broken political system to reverse many decades of failure and decay; he’s claiming this unbelievable near-destruction of the United States has happened in just the past two years, and that destruction will be complete by 2024 if he’s not returned to power. No wonder he can never accept defeat. It’s not his country at all if he loses.
              "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
              for nature cannot be fooled."

              Richard Feynman

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              • ron ll
                Seattle WA USA (Ballard)
                • Oct 2005
                • 24274

                #8
                Re: Waco rally

                This morning’s talking heads are saying he is building a lead over DeSantis. There is a real possibility he could be President again. It’s already scaring the crap outta me. Underestimate him at our peril. We already did that once.

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                • birlinn
                  Isle of Mull, Scotland
                  • Jul 2011
                  • 10883

                  #9
                  Re: Waco rally

                  Those Confederate airfields were certainly rubbish...

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                  • Durnik
                    Out 'n About
                    • Feb 2011
                    • 11534

                    #10
                    Re: Waco rally

                    “I want my money back! I didn’t authorize any money to Ukraine to some homosexual weirdo!” Nugent yelled. “I want my money back!”

                    the irony.. that's what we said about the war he (literally) shlt his pants to stay out of.

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                    • John Smith
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 48681

                      #11
                      Re: Waco rally

                      Originally posted by LeeG
                      How does the Republican Party manage this?

                      https://www.mediaite.com/politics/wa...tional-anthem/
                      FOX, Newsmax, and right wing radio.
                      "Banning books in spite of the 1st amendment, but refusing to regulate guns in spite of "well regulated militia' being in the 2nd amendment makes no sense. Can't think of anyone ever shot by a book

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                      • John Smith
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 48681

                        #12
                        Re: Waco rally

                        Originally posted by Rich Jones
                        The gutless Republican Party will stand idly by and do nothing.
                        They either agree with him or are too scared of him.

                        Trump's Waco rally was a huge bullhorn calling every far-right wacko to take up the fight against the
                        United States.
                        They're scared of his voters. My guess is they feel they can't win a primary if they turn on Trump. Ironically, I'm not sure Trump supported candidates can win many actual elections.
                        "Banning books in spite of the 1st amendment, but refusing to regulate guns in spite of "well regulated militia' being in the 2nd amendment makes no sense. Can't think of anyone ever shot by a book

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                        • rbgarr
                          43.50.918 N, 69.38.583 W
                          • Apr 1999
                          • 25479

                          #13
                          Re: Waco rally

                          The GOP gets just as worked up about BLM, etc. rallies as those who object to their Waco one.
                          For the most part experience is making the same mistakes over and over again, only with greater confidence.

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                          • Jim Bow
                            Normcore
                            • Jul 2008
                            • 23985

                            #14
                            Re: Waco rally

                            Poor Waco. The local Chamber of Commerce has successfully shaken off the cult vibe, thanks in great part to the success of Chip and Joanna Gaines, TV real estate flippers. My sons in-laws are in Dallas and he was told that visitors always want a side trip to shop in Waco.

                            Thanks, Trump, for returning the Waco Cult vibe.
                            “Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles and see the world is moving" - Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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                            • Dave Hadfield
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2000
                              • 7458

                              #15
                              Re: Waco rally

                              This Waco rally is better.

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